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Following the success of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe wrote a new fiction, the story of an English pirate whose success eclipsed every buccaneer the Atlantic world had seen. Featuring a haunted, unreliable narrator, a daring trek across the continent of Africa, and mercantile... Read Full Overview

Drawn from nearly a century of detailed and fascinating reporting by The Times, discover insights and memories of the extraordinary period of social change that was our nation's second Elizabethan age. Featuring Queen Elizabeth's obituary, as published in The Times Reflections... Read Full Overview

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The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. Captain Singleton is believed to have been partly inspired by the exploits of the English pirate... Read Full Overview

The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840, 1927, 1972 and 2008. Captain Singleton is believed to have been partly... Read Full Overview

Kidnapped as a child, Bob Singleton goes to sea at the age of 12 and makes a fortune crossing Africa on foot, loses it, and makes another as a pirate before he is ultimately reformed. Captain Singleton is an adventure story, a travel narrative, and an exploration of society from... Read Full Overview

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) was a prolific English writer who became one of the first Western writers to write novels and turn them into a sought after literary genre. During his life, Defoe wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on topics as wide ranging as politics,... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

The narrative describes the life of an Englishman, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies who eventually makes his way to sea. One half of the book concerns Singleton's crossing of Africa and the later half concerns his life as a pirate. Defoe's description... Read Full Overview

The narrative describes the life of an Englishman, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies who eventually makes his way to sea. One half of the book concerns Singleton's crossing of Africa and the later half concerns his life as a pirate. Defoe's description... Read Full Overview

Colonel Jack is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. The considerably longer title under which it was originally published is The History and Remarkable Life of the truly Honourable Col. ...

The Life Adventures And Pyracies Of The Famous Captain Singleton is a novel written by Daniel Defoe. The book tells the story of a young man named Bob Singleton who, after being orphaned at a young age, turns to a life of piracy. The novel is written in the first person and follows... Read Full Overview

The Life, Adventures, And Piracies Of The Famous Captain Singleton is a novel written by Daniel Defoe and published in 1903. The book tells the story of Captain Bob Singleton, a young man who sets out on a life of adventure and piracy in the 17th century. The novel follows Captain... Read Full Overview

The Life, Adventures, And Piracies Of The Famous Captain Singleton is a novel written by Daniel Defoe and first published in 1720. The book tells the story of a young man named Bob Singleton who, after a series of misfortunes, becomes a pirate and eventually rises to the rank... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview